At 04:06 PM 11/25/2006, you wrote:
My reason for testing is for treating. I tend to do prophylactic
treatment and so It is good to know. I mix my FIV cat but not my
FELV. I am now using Alferon for my FIV cat and it has been amazing
to me, and I will start my FELV cat on it once I complete the Feline
Omega Interferon protocol, His is healthy,
Kelly Lane
www.kellyscats.zoomshare.com
I would not test. I just haven't been on list lately. I wish
testing had never started. Vaccinate and adopt is what I would
do. FIV and Felv should be treated as any other illness a cat might
come down with.
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Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow, this is a lot of information to process. Thanks everyone!
I know there are a lot of people who advocate NOT testing and was
surprised to find no one spoke up on that angle. One of my
favorite animal people, Nathan Winograd, does not test for FIV and
only tests for FELV because the board insists.
I know most of the well known feral cat groups do not test cats who
appear healthy, but that's a different can of worms.
I will say that all cats that come into rescue are initially tested,
because that is what the shelters around here do. I have set up
that I will require owner surrenders provide proof of negative combo test.
I'm not sure about the statements about eventually having lots of
FELV+ cats to deal with. In this area I know people who have been
doing rescue for years and not come across a single case or maybe one or 2.
What I don't want is for a foster to end up in the position I did,
when I had a kitten test light + and no one, from the director on
down, could tell me what to do, what was going to happen to the cats, etc.
Fortunately she and the rest of that litter later tested negative.
On 11/12/06, Kelley Saveika
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Hi guys,
If you were establishing a rescue, what kind of felv/fiv testing
policy would you use? If the cats were positive for either or both,
what would you do?
Thanks for your input.
Kelley
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